The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 124] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1982/CHAITRA 9, 1904
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352 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC 3(ii)MINISTRY OF KNERGY
(Department of CoaJ)
NOTIHCA1 ION
New Delhi, I he 30Ui March, 19K2
S.O. 210{E> In cv.ici.se of Ihc novers lonlcired tiy petition 3 read with section 16 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 195^), the Ccntial Government hereby makes! the following 1 mllici amendments' to the Colliery Control Order, 1945, namely :—
In the said Ordei.—
fa) in chuse 2, alter sub-clause (5), the following sub- clause shall be inserted, namely :—
"(5A) 'retention price' menns the price fixed bv the Central Government in respcel of each '.-ollicry ownei per tonne i>i' each, class, grade or size of Coal and coke produced and sold by such owner.".
(b) in Haute 4, foi the words "the price at which, or the maximum or the minimum price, or both", llie wordy 'the sale-price at which, or the maximum or the niinmuun sale price, or both '. shall be subs- tituted ;
(c) after clause 4, the following clauses* shall be inserted,
namely :—
"4 A. l h; Central Government may, having regaid to .ill ihw1 relevant factors, including the geological and n i-iing conditions of and the mining techno- logy employed in the collieries by the colliery jv/n.i as well as the estimated cost of produc- ikm of coal .Hid coke pioduced by such colliery i. niei, fix, by notification m the Official Gazette, ihe icLention pi ice in reject of each class, grade or si/c of coal and coke produced and sold by such colliery owner.
4B. il) The Central Government may specify any pcison or authoiity including a Government cum- pany who shall maintain an account to be culled the Coal Price Kcgulat on Account
(2) Wlvjje the letcntion price uf any Jass, gmJe or we of coul or coke fixed under dause 4A for iny colheiy owner is lower than the correspond- inn sale price fixed undzr clause 4 for such cliss, c'i.ul" c ' 'c uf conl (JI ci '. i?, '.u:h colliery owner shall, ,is soon a>, may be, after each sale, and in any vise not hitei than such period, as may be specified in this bch'ilf by the Central Oo^'u^n- ment, pay into the Conl Price Regulation Account, -in .iiuount equivalent to the difference between the rctenfiun price and the sale price in lespei-t of e.i-h. tonne of coal or coke sold by him,
13) Where (lie retention price of any class, gmdc or -.'76 of coal or coke fixed under clause 4A for iy colliery owner i" higher than the correspond- ing sale pii.ie fixed under clause 4 for such <_lnss, Krade or size of coal oi coke, such colliery owner hall be paid from the money standing to the i edit of ihc Coal Price Regulation Account an amount equivalent to the difference between the retention price and (he sale mice in r c^ n of each tonne of coul or coke sold by him.
4) thj e\nenJcs foi admiui^tiation, if any, .ii llie Coal Pi ice Regulation Account shall be pMd from ih; money vtanding to (he credit of the said account,".
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